The 1805 Dispatches #25.02 April 2025 3 of 8 Talk on The Trafalgar Way Story Axminster Heritage Centre Thomas Whitty House, Silver Street Axminster, Devon, EX13 5AH Phone: 01297 639884 info@axminsterheritage.org Date: Wednesday 15th October at 7.30pm. Open to all – tickets from the Heritage Centre £5 – see https://axminsterheritage.org/heritage-alivetalks/ On behalf of The 1805 Club Whenever an advertisement for a event or performance that is not organised by The 1805 Club is given in The 1805 Dispatches and/or The Kedge Anchor it is only passed on as an item that may be of interest to Club members. It is NOT an endorsement of the event by the Club. In the case on the right, for details contact chris@christopherswann.co.uk After all the festivities around the unveiling of the replacement captain’s uniform on Nevis, it was quietly taken to the nearby museum and safely installed in the purpose-made, environmentally controlled display cabinet, manufactured for the Club by Xplus. As you will soon read in The Kedge Anchor, HMS Medway was scheduled to visit Nevis while we were there, but engine failure required her to proceed to Tampa, Florida for urgent repairs. Subsequently, Chairman Capt John Rodgaard ,and his wife Dr Judy Pearson, were invited to visit her whilst she was alongside. Here are some pictures from that visit, including the very important photograph of crew-member AB Hugh Duval (called ‘Robert’ by his shipmates), who joined The 1805 Club at that time, receiving his Club membership pin from his commanding officer, Cdr James Tibbitt RN. The picture on the bottom right shows a happy John Rodgaard receiving HMS Medway’s badge from SLt Nick Nash during the informal rum punch reception for the RN contingent, at The Hermitage hotel. ADVANTAGEOUS RESULTS
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